Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

Birthday: 1908-08-30

Deathday: 1991-11-05

Place of birth: Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Also known as: Fred Mac Murray, Frederick Martin MacMurray, Fredrick Martin "Fred" MacMurray

imdb_id: nm0534045

Biography:

Fred MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American actor and musician. He was educated at Carroll College, Wisconsin, and played with a Chicago orchestra for more than a year. Then he joined an orchestra in Hollywood where he played, did some recording and played extra roles. He then joined a comedy stage band, California Collegians, and went to New York. There he joined "Three's A Crowd" revue on Broadway and on the road. After this show closed, he returned to California and worked in vaudeville. He played the vaudeville circuits and night clubs until cast for major role in "Roberta". Signed by Paramount in 1935. MacMurray was raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin from the age of 5, eventually graduating from Beaver Dam High School (currently the site of Beaver Dam Middle School), where he was a 3-sport star in football, baseball, and basketball. Fred retained a special place in his heart for his small-town Wisconsin upbringing, referring at any opportunity in magazine articles or interviews to the lifelong friends and cherished memories of Beaver Dam, even including mementos of his childhood in several of his films. In "Pardon my Past" (1945), Fred and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.

Played in movies:

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Score: 10.0

New York Town

Score: 10.0

The Apartment

Score: 8.2

Double Indemnity

Score: 8.1

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Score: 8.0

This Is Bob Hope...

Score: 8.0

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Score: 7.6

Remember the Night

Score: 7.3

The Caine Mutiny

Score: 7.2

There's Always Tomorrow

Score: 7.1

Woman's World

Score: 7.1

The Egg and I

Score: 7.1

Show-Business at War

Score: 7.0

And the Angels Sing

Score: 7.0

Kisses for My President

Score: 7.0

Inside 'the Swarm'

Score: 7.0

Hands Across the Table

Score: 6.9

No Time for Love

Score: 6.8

The Happiest Millionaire

Score: 6.8

The Movie Orgy

Score: 6.8

Alice Adams

Score: 6.7

Sing, You Sinners

Score: 6.7

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Score: 6.7

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Score: 6.6

Murder, He Says

Score: 6.6

Follow Me, Boys!

Score: 6.6

Take a Letter, Darling

Score: 6.5

The Gilded Lily

Score: 6.5

Disneyland '59

Score: 6.5

Day of the Badman

Score: 6.5

Grand Old Girl

Score: 6.5

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Score: 6.5

Pushover

Score: 6.5

The Absent-Minded Professor

Score: 6.5

A Millionaire for Christy

Score: 6.4

The Lady Is Willing

Score: 6.4

Dive Bomber

Score: 6.4

At Gunpoint

Score: 6.3

The Texas Rangers

Score: 6.3

Too Many Husbands

Score: 6.3

Honeymoon in Bali

Score: 6.2

The Far Horizons

Score: 6.2

Good Day for a Hanging

Score: 6.2

Above Suspicion

Score: 6.2

Singapore

Score: 6.1

The Shaggy Dog

Score: 6.1

The Princess Comes Across

Score: 6.1

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

Score: 6.0

Breakdowns of 1942

Score: 6.0

Gala Day at Disneyland

Score: 6.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Score: 6.0

The Chadwick Family

Score: 6.0

Captain Eddie

Score: 6.0

Men Without Names

Score: 6.0

Cafe Society

Score: 6.0

Exclusive

Score: 6.0

Pardon My Past

Score: 6.0

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Score: 6.0

Father Was a Fullback

Score: 6.0

Star Spangled Rhythm

Score: 6.0

Invitation to Happiness

Score: 6.0

Maid of Salem

Score: 5.9

Son of Flubber

Score: 5.9

The Miracle of the Bells

Score: 5.9

True Confession

Score: 5.8

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

Score: 5.7

The Moonlighter

Score: 5.7

Family Honeymoon

Score: 5.7

Gun for a Coward

Score: 5.6

Face of a Fugitive

Score: 5.6

The Oregon Trail

Score: 5.5

Bon Voyage!

Score: 5.5

On Our Merry Way

Score: 5.5

Borderline

Score: 5.5

Never a Dull Moment

Score: 5.4

Flight for Freedom

Score: 5.4

Where Do We Go from Here?

Score: 5.3

Quantez

Score: 5.3

Charley and the Angel

Score: 5.3

Smoky

Score: 5.2

The Rains of Ranchipur

Score: 5.2

Callaway Went Thataway

Score: 5.1

Swing High, Swing Low

Score: 5.1

Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing

Score: 5.0

Rangers of Fortune

Score: 5.0

Car 99

Score: 5.0

Men with Wings

Score: 5.0

Standing Room Only

Score: 5.0

The Swarm

Score: 5.0

Fair Wind to Java

Score: 4.9

Beyond the Bermuda Triangle

Score: 4.8

The Bride Comes Home

Score: 4.8

13 Hours by Air

Score: 4.6

Suddenly It's Spring

Score: 4.3

Joys

Score: 4.0

Little Old New York

Score: 4.0

An Innocent Affair

Score: 3.8

A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons

Score: 0.0

It's a Most Unusual Day

Score: 0.0

NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 0.0

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

Score: 0.0

Champagne Waltz

Score: 0.0

One Night In Lisbon

Score: 0.0

Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door

Score: 0.0

The Forest Rangers

Score: 0.0

Tiger Rose

Score: 0.0

Cocoanut Grove

Score: 0.0

Virginia

Score: 0.0

Practically Yours

Score: 0.0

The Shaggy Dog Kids

Score: 0.0

Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

Score: 0.0

Inside 'The Apartment'

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

People's Choice Awards

Score: 9.0

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Score: 8.6

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

The George Gobel Show

Score: 7.3

The George Gobel Show

Score: 7.3

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

The Bob Hope Show

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

What's My Line?

Score: 6.9

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Score: 6.8

Dinah!

Score: 6.7

Screen Director's Playhouse

Score: 6.5

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.4

This Is Your Life

Score: 6.4

General Electric Theater

Score: 6.4

My Three Sons

Score: 6.4

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Score: 6.3

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Score: 6.0

The Steve Allen Show

Score: 5.6

December Bride

Score: 5.5

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Score: 5.4

The Hollywood Palace

Score: 4.5

Tony Orlando and Dawn

Score: 3.5